Demolishing the Berlin Wall was among Reagan’s specific goals. Allen, in his Hoover Digest article, describes a visit Reagan made to Berlin in 1978, while still governor of California.

With the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, the tape of Ronald Reagan’s famous speech at the Brandenburg Gate is likely to be played and replayed. “Mr.

slideshow: reagan's impact on berlin wall Still, a few were able to breach the barrier even as some 140 lost their lives trying to escape to freedom in West Germany. This wall will fall.

Standing at the communist barrier dividing the same city 24 years later, Ronald Reagan cried, "Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!'' The 25th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall on Nov. 9 ...

Reagan at the Berlin Wall Editorial. Jun 12, 2018. Thirty-one years ago today, President Ronald Reagan challenged the Soviet Union’s Mikhail Gorbachev to take a giant step toward peace and ...

The Berlin Wall and Ronald Reagan have a long and intertwined history. It is only proper for history to recall that it all began during Reagan’s first presidential campaign, on May 15, 1967.

BERLIN (AP) -- Berlin's mayor has unveiled a plaque commemorating the 25th anniversary of U.S. President Ronald Reagan's call to the Soviets to "tear down" the wall that then divided the German city.

In June 1987, President Ronald Reagan stood before the Berlin Wall at the Brandenburg Gate and uttered those iconic words that shook the world: “General Secretary Gorbachev … come here to this ...

The rest, as they say, is history. Two and half years later, the wall was down and a new chapter begun. It’s always worth recalling Reagan’s courageous act and words of that time. But we ...

When Ronald Reagan arrived in Berlin on June 12, 1987, relations between Washington and Moscow had progressed far past the “evil empire” rhetoric of Reagan’s first term.

The Berlin Wall finally fell in November 1989, 29 months after President Reagan ignored the naysayers. Solidarity came to power in Poland, with Czechoslovakia following.